Staff Nurse - Acute Coronary Care Unit

Job overview

We have an exciting vacancy for a full time Band 5 Nurse working on a busy Coronary Care Unit!

You will be required to work in partnership with a well established and highly effective multi-disciplinary team, caring for an extremely vulnerable and complex group of patients, with a range of cardiac needs and conditions.

This a permanent position.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced  nurse who wishes to develop their skills or a newly qualified nurse to join our team on the Acute Coronary Care Unit in Wythenshawe Hospital.

We are a level 2 unit providing extensive cardiac services including the running of the regional primary PCI service.

We care for patients with a wide range of cardiac conditions such as STEMI and NSTEMI's, unstable angina, heart failure, rhythm disturbances and support patients through various interventional cardiac procedures (e.g. angioplasty, ablation, TAVI, etc.)

As a nurse at the Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT), you will benefit from a number of educational programs and career paths. We are committed to the career development of our nurses and will assist you to develop your career in highly specialised clinical area.

This will be an ideal opportunity for experienced nurses who are eager to expand and progress their nursing practice, or junior nurses who would like to develop in the cardiac division. The successful candidate/s will receive full support in education.

We are looking for individuals with a genuine interest in Cardiology who are hard working and passionate about delivering high standards of patient care and are motivated towards maintaining and improving their own skills.

You must  be able to have a flexible working pattern which includes days and nights including bank holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!